NYC Parks helps bring together people from all over our great city. From the iconic Central Park to neighborhood playgrounds, we own and operate some of the most exemplary green spaces in the world. At NYC Parks, our mission is to plan resilient and sustainable parks, public spaces, and recreational amenities, build a park system for the present and future generations, and care for parks and public spaces.

NYC Parks offers competitive pay and a generous benefits package that includes pension, excellent health benefits, competitive vacation/sick days and a healthy work-life balance.

NYC Parks also offers innovation, leadership, the satisfaction of public service and a place to grow and develop your career. Full-time employees are also eligible for a wide variety of City benefits and perks.

Compressed Working Schedule – flexible working schedule may be available.

Health Care Coverage - We offer a wide variety of health care plans to meet the needs of you and your family.

Pension - Upon retirement, qualified members of the City’s generous pension program receive a guaranteed salary and health benefits for the rest of their lives.

Professional Development - We offer numerous training programs, leadership development opportunities, and career coaching services, while encouraging employees to attend approved off-site trainings and seminars.

Perks - Our employees are eligible for discounts on some of the top attractions in the city, and all employees receive free
membership to our recreation centers.

Major Responsibilities

• Under supervision, with latitude for independent action the developer will design, develop, test and maintain high-quality software to meet business and customer needs.
• Develop new modules/applications and maintain and enhance existing applications using Microsoft Power Apps., Dynamics Customer Relationship Management (CRM), C#, ASP.NET, VB.NET and Java in a Windows and mobile (Android) environment.
• Demonstrate proficiency in installing and deploying CRM Organizations, creating CRM entities, business workflows and processes.
• Integrate existing systems and services into the CRM architecture.
• Create and implement Structured Query Language (SQL) stored procedures.
• Promote a collaborative team environment and work closely with colleagues to achieve business objectives.
• Collaborate with stakeholders (e.g., business stakeholders, product owners, project managers and end users) to understand functional and non-functional requirements.
• Investigate and propose solutions to development and design problems.
• Participate in scope of work estimation and forecasting.
• Adhere to architecture, design, implementation and security standards and best practices.
• Participate in code reviews or use collaborative programming techniques to promote high quality business outcomes.
• Conduct analysis to determine integration needs, and design and plan integrations.
• Implement unit and integration tests and conduct functional and performance testing where appropriate.
• Develop reusable software building blocks to enable faster delivery.
• Improve performance of existing software by diagnosing and resolving critical issues.
• Prepare technical documentation, including software design evaluation plans, test results and technical manuals.
• Adhere to established development practices and processes.

1. A baccalaureate degree in computer science, engineering or a related field from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory full-time experience related to IT automation engineering, monitoring engineering, management of infrastructure; or

2. Eight years of satisfactory full-time experience related to IT automation engineering, monitoring engineering, management of infrastructure;

3. Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above.

1. Solid experience in application development both in the client-server and n-tier environments.
2. Minimum three years’ experience of web-based and server-side applications.NET development using ASP.NET, VB.NET, ADO.Net, Java, Javascript, CSS and HTML.
3. Minimum three years’ experience with Microsoft SQL Server 2014-2019.
4. Minimum three years’ experience with low-code no-code platforms including Microsoft Power Platform, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Salesforce and Tableau.
5. Experience with Salesforce Apex programing language and Visualforce markup language.
6. Strong communication, analysis and problem-solving skills.
7. Minimum three years’ experience with web services design and development in .NET environment.
8. Experience with Azure DevOps, GIT/GITHUB, Jira or other issue/project tracking/management tool.
9. Good working knowledge of Object-oriented Programming concepts and basic data structures.
10. Ability to meet deadlines, identify issues and resolve with minimal direction.
11. Self-motivated and able to work both independently and in conjunction with team members.
12. Certifications such as Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist, Microsoft Certified Professional Developer, Microsoft Dynamics 365 or Salesforce Certifications a plus.

NOTE: References will be required upon request.

MOVEMENT IN THE FACE OF CIVIL SERVICE LISTS IS PROHIBITED UNDER CIVIL SERVICE LAW.

nyc.gov/parks

Parks Employees:
1) From a Parks computer: Access Employee Self Service (ESS) from the Parks Intranet under Applications or use this link: https://hrb.nycaps.nycnet/. Once in ESS, go to Careers and search for Job ID# 543542. Do not access ESS using nyc.gov/ess from a Parks computer.

Parks & City Employees:
2) From a Non-Parks computer: Access Employee Self Service (ESS) by going to nyc.gov/ess or use this link: https://a127-ess.nyc.gov/. Once in ESS, go to Careers and search for Job ID# 543542.

Include your ERN and Job ID# 543542 on your cover letter and resume.

All other applicants:
Go to nyc.gov/careers/search and search for Job ID# 543542.

Arsenal West, Manhattan

This position is exempt from NYC residency requirements.